Sunday, January 30, 2011

Fadern playlist Internasjonalen 1st Floor jan 28th 2011. MODERN SOUL & DISCO

- Mary Wilson: "Red hot" (US Motown promo -79) from original
Supreme's eponymous LP. Never seen the stock seven, btw.

- Atlantic Starr: "Circles" (US A&M -82)

- o'Bryan: "The gigolo" (US Cap. -81) crossbred Prince & Jacko, I
swear

- Ecstasy, Passion & Pain: "I wouldn't give you up" (US Roulette
-74) mix'd with Goldie Alexander's same (US Amer-Can -78) EPP w/
lead vocalist & composer Barbara Roy Gaskins

- Ron Louis Smith: "Party freaks, come on" (US Sunshine -78)

- Madison avenue: "The one I need" (US Straight promo -83?)

- Chocolat's: "The kings of clubs" (US SalSoul -77)

- Sandra Feva: "If you want it, you got it" (US Venture -79)

- Simon orch.: "Mr Big shot" (US Pol. promo -79) Simon Soussan,
the 'Stay away,Joe' of soul music

- Skyy: "Call me" (US SalSoul -81)

- Geraldine Hunt: "Can't fake the feeling" (US Prism -80)

- Margie Alexander: "Take my body" (US ChiSound -76)

- Perry & Sanlin: "Keep dancin' " (US Cap. -80) ex Monclairs, for
those with Harmony leanings

- Johnnie Taylor: "You're the best in the world" (US Col. -76)

- Damon Harris: "It's music" (US Wmot -78) 2nd tenor of Tempts
71-75 , really

- Saturday Night Band: "Touch me on my hot spot" (US Prelude promo
-78)

- Ruby Andrews: "Queen of the disco" (US ABC promo -77) and funny
words, too. Ruby's spouse being abducted on floor by said he-she-royalty

- Gwen McCrae: "It keeps on raining" (US Cat -75)

- Mastermind: "Hustle bus stop" (US Prelude promo -77)

- Margie Joseph: "Ready for the night" (US Cot. promo -84)

- Tony Troutman: "Your man is home tonight" (US Costal -82)

- "D" Train: "Music" (US Prelude -83)

- Tavares: "Love uprising" (US Cap. -80)

- Players' assoc.: "Dance" (US Vanguard -80)

- Melody Stewart: "Action satisfaction" (US RoyB -80) B.Roy
Gaskins' label (See EPP above) with Barbara producing, too. Albeit no so here, this blue eyed wonder was b(r)ought in from some smaller East Coast label

- Gayle Adams: "Love fever" (US Prelude -81)

Monday, January 17, 2011

Playlist Hells Kitchen, Oslo jan 14th 2011 pt. II

F&S....a crisp and fascinating blend of popular tunes, adjuvating romance and bringing forth the good in all...at Hell's Kitchen

- Jackie Moore: "Here I am" (US Shout -68)

- Jimmy McGriff: "Lonely avenue pt.2" (US Sue -64)

- Voices of East Harlem: "Wanted dead or alive" (US JSR -74)

- Paul Serrano: "Latin soul boo-ga-loo pt.1" (US MeT -68?)
Jaz trumpeter of 50s fame, he also ran RS Studios in 60s Windy City & of certain soulie interest.

- Fats Domino: "Have you seen my baby?" (US Reprise -70) Randy
Newman song

- Lyn Collins: "Me and my baby got a good thing going" (US People -72)

- Eddie Harris: "Listen here" (US Atlantic -66)

- Lee Dorsey: "Do-re-mi" (US Fury -62)

- Ray Charles: "Sweet thing like you" (US ABC -68)

- Pucho+Latin Soul Bros: "Heat!" (US Prestige -68)

- Joe Simon: "Long hot summer" (US SS7 -68)

- Robert Parker: "Secret Service" (US NOLA -67)

- Mongo Santamaria: "Twenty-five miles" (US Col. -69) the Ed Starr
song

- O.V. Wright: "I don't do windows" (US Hi -78)

- Johnny Rivers: "The seventh son" (DK Liberty -65)

- Ramsey Lewis: "Hey, Mrs.Jones" (US Cadet 67)

- Manhattans: "Manhattan stomp" (US Carnival -67)

- Baby Washington: "I've got to break away" (US MS -73)

- Joe Bataan: "Es tu cosa/ It's your thing" (US Fania -71)

- Johnnie Taylor: "I'm trying" (US Stax -68)

- Fats Domino: "All by myself" (US Imperial -59)

- Ralph Roig: "Montuno para ti" (US MGM late 60s)

- Lee Morgan: "Sweet honey bee" (US Blue Note -66)

- Lee Dorsey: "Night people" (US ABC -78)
Al Toussaint comp&prod., as he too did with Etta James' version. Lee's the faster of both Etta's and Tempts'.

- Armando Peraza: "Wild thing" (US Skye -68)
the Skip Taylor/Troggs tune, here even more cave'ishly vugalu'd.

- Ingram Family "The funk lies in our music" (US Excello -76) for
the drone of it

- Dyke+ Blazers: "Don't bug me" (US Original Sound -66)

- Precisions: "Don't double with trouble" (US Atco -69 promo)

- Fats Domino: "I'm in love again" (UK tri-centered London EP -56)

- Airto (Moreira): "Andei" (US Buddah -70 promo)

- Golden Stars: "Leba leba" (Neth.Antilles late 60s)

- Garry Davis+Vendors: "Rasha pt.2" (Bermuda Vendors -74)
They had at least one 7" out on US mainland. On 20th Cent. if mem'ry serves me well.

Playlist Hells Kitchen, Oslo jan 14th 2011 pt. I

F&S GO BEAT!

- Blue Tattoo: "Medicine man" (US Paramount -72 promo)
The Buchanan Bros. hit from 69, revv'd up with lotsa congas and (maybe not as cool) slide guitar.

- Turtles: "Buzz saw" (US White Whale -68)

- Standells: "Rari" (US Tower -66)
Singer warning for intimate relations with Ireland- or island girls?
As this LA group, not so convincingly, held Boston as home- most.
prob. about insular US East Coast femmes?

- Mercy: "Fire ball" (US Sundi -68 promo)
Flip of big seller 'Love can make you happy', this wheezing instro must be jig saw counterpart to Turtles' above. Tampa, Fla. group.

- Raspberries: "Tonight" (US Capitol -73)

- Raspberries: "Go all the way" (US Capitol -72)
Clevelanders Eric Carmen & Raspies' 2x150 sec's of RnR history. Hints of Immediate-Small Faces, Creation, Blossom Toes plus entire 'Brum catalogue, including Wizzard and ELO prior even to their very emergence.

- Hollies: "Hey Willy" (US Epic -72 promo) how come hev'vy by dem?

- Outsiders: "Lost in my world" (US Capitol -66)
Remake of these Clevelanders' "time won't let me", really.

- Everly Bros.: "When will I be loved" (Ger. Heliodor -60)
Fink last single on US Cadence,fall 59. Their Kentucky-born father was C&W artist on his own and sidekick of Ernest Tubb. Unusual chord progression here, reflecting boys' BG upbringing? Guess this German edition was spun to grinds by Paulie,Johnnie,Georgie,Pete and Stu backstage at Hamburger Bambi Kino autumn 1960.

- Donovan: "Goo goo barabajagal" (Can. Epic -68) Jeff Beck Trio

- Tremoloes: "Suddenly winter" (US Epic -69)
Lotsa backwards guitar. Fink song was recorded 67, accordingly.

- Terry Knight & Pack: "Numbers" (US Lucky Seven -66) fuzz box
galore

- Lulu: "The boat that I row" (UK Col. -67)

- Monkees: "Valleri" (US Colgems -68)
Demo version used in TV series early 67, then finished and released without band's knowledge 18 months later. Group was all the more too busy with their heady 'Head' album to care.

- Brian Hyland: "Run, run, look and see" (US Philips -66)

- Andy Williams: "Can't get used to losing you" (UK CBS -63)
Pomus/Shuman song, where punctating strings are underscoring the slightly threatening lyrics...

- Raw Meat: "Run for your life" (US Musicor -68)
Speaking of threats...I've earlier said this to be of Lennon's Battered Wife-songs. More than so, I'm afraid. Uptempo'd blue eyed funk, otherwise.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Happy New Year

Father & Son wish you a happy new year, and we are looking forward to see you on a dancefloor near us. We got loads of original vinyl ready for you. New venues in Oslo 2011 will be Hells Kitchen and the main floor upstairs at Internasjonalen.

//F&S